Seven years ago, I was hired by the Environmental Defense Fund
to fight against more than 100 new coal-fired power plants proposed
across the United States. Today, these plants are dead. New coal
construction has ground to a halt, and our focus has shifted from
fighting new coal plants to pressuring existing coal plants to close.
Big progress in the fight against air pollution and global warming? You bet. Tireless advocacy by many made it happen. But I must confess that our fight was made easier by the sudden emergence of abundant natural gas. Simply put, the economics of new and existing coal plants are poor at today's natural gas price.
But here's the catch.
Big progress in the fight against air pollution and global warming? You bet. Tireless advocacy by many made it happen. But I must confess that our fight was made easier by the sudden emergence of abundant natural gas. Simply put, the economics of new and existing coal plants are poor at today's natural gas price.
But here's the catch.
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